Switzerland

Switzerland, a landlocked country, is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as capital (Bundesstadt – in English “federal city”). The country is situated in Western and Central Europe,[note 4] where it is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. German, French, Italian and Romansh, which is a descendant of Latin, are official languages.